Fan Fic Chapter 3
AN: So this is my longest chapter yet and I think it's the best so far as well. I'm very happy with the response so far to my story with the amount of views and follows it's getting but I would appreciate some more reviews if any of you feel like doing so to let me know what you think so far and if you have any advice or feedback.
Edward had stayed over during the night as he often did unbeknownst to Charlie and Percy of course. He heard Percy working away at the basement for several hours, hauling junk out and rearranging furniture to get things just the way he wanted them. Percy's heart rate and breathing never changed or became laboured even when moving heavy objects for several hours. Instead of being confused by this Edward was simple happy to have more information to try to piece things together. When Percy finally had things done it was around three in the morning and he settled down for a quick nap. Just three hours later he was up again and getting ready for his morning run once again. Edward was surprised by how little sleep Percy seemed to need but simply filed it away for future consideration.
Percy went for a run once again and this time was not attacked. Well how about that a peaceful morning he said to himself and then revitalised himself near the creek. Percy simply willed the water to flow over his body and it did so instantly reenergising him and making him feel refreshed. This is so much better than New York where the nearest water source was heavily polluted he thought. When Percy returned he realised that he had lost track of time, as he simply enjoyed the peace and quiet for a change, and that he was now almost late for school. Bella had left a note saying she had driven herself to school partly to not be late but mostly to avoid his maniac driving she wrote. Percy chuckled and then "drove like a maniac" so he was still arriving at school with plenty of time to spare. When Percy pulled into his parking spot he noticed Bella a few cars down talking to some guy Percy hadn't seen before and she didn't seem too happy.
Percy surveyed his surroundings as he walked up to the two of them. There was a group of five guys standing around looking at the guy Bella was talking to. They must all be friends, Percy though, so six of them in total and they all looked like they were a part of the football team. There were a few students around and a few of them were watching what was going on in the parking lot especially when they saw me walk up as if they were expecting a fight. Percy also noticed a silver Volvo pulling into a spot on the other side of the lot and briefly noticed Edward step out looking angry but that wasn't important right now Bella was.
"Can you please just leave me alone? I don't want anything to do with you and I'm sure my boyfriend will be here soon who won't be too happy with the way you are acting." Bella said angrily trying to get away from this guy. "No way babe your mine now and my friends and I don't care what your boyfriend thinks" the guy replied in an annoying voice. Percy could feel himself getting visibly angry at this and put his hand on the guys shoulder to spin him around to speak face to face. "How about the angry cousin that will beat the shit out of you if you don't leave Bella alone right now?!" Percy almost yelled at the guy who back peddled slightly then waved at the nearby group to join him. "Hey who the fuck do you think you are talking to me like that? Do you know who I am?" Percy saw Edward pushing through to join him in Bella's defense but gave him a look that said "I've got this" then looked over at Bella silently telling Edward to get her out of here. He thought he saw Edward nod as he circled around behind the guys to get to Bella. "I already told you who I am dumbass" Percy replied while positioning himself so the guys no longer had their attention on Bella "And as for who you are I don't really care some pathetic football loser from the looks of it" Percy knew that what he was doing was going to lead to a fight but it was the best way to keep their attention off of Bella while Edward got her out of harm's way besides getting kicked out of another school was a small price to pay to protect his family.
The last comment from Percy did it these guys had to teach him a lesson now and with most of the school watching if they backed down it would have ruined their reputations almost as much as what ended up happening did anyway. The leader stepped up to Percy and took a wild swing at his head. This was easily dodged by Percy, who after fighting gods, titans, giants and other monsters felt like this was slow motion, and then retaliated with a swift punch to the kidney which put him out of commission. The rest of the guys circled around him and Percy just stood there and laughed "Well come on I don't have all day" very cliché yes but it did the trick as it forced them to make a move, or else look like cowards, and with doing so a mistake. Percy reached out and grabbed a foot that was about to kick him in the side and spun the guy around and into another causing them both to go tumbling into the ground. Percy sensed another guy behind him about to hit him from behind. He knew the mist would cover supernatural moves from mortal eyes so he summoned a fist of water from the collected rain puddles and smashed it across the guys face putting him down. Of course the Cullens saw this as they are not human but Bella who is so attuned to the supernatural from being submersed in it had gained clear sight and saw it as well through the mist, although she didn't understand what she just saw. There were just two guys left standing and the two Percy had thrown were getting back up again so it was now a four vs. one situation. Percy wasted no time sweeping the legs out from one guy and following it up with a punch to the chest to take down another before the two guys could get back into this. "That's three" he said out loud. The last of them looked at each other as if to say "what the hell did we get ourselves into" before charging him all together. Percy quickly rolled to the side and tripped a guy to send his head falling into a flying knee, which had been aimed for Percy's lower back, which effectively put him down most likely with a concussion. The guy who just kneed his friend in the head was off balance after the collision and Percy quickly pulled him down so hard his head hit the pavement before spinning around to catch the punch the last guy had aimed at him. He twisted the guys arm around so that he was in considerable pain before punching him in the ribs so hard he was fairly sure he broke one. The leader had finally recovered from his kidney punch and stupidly charged Percy again only to get Spartan kicked back down and out. Percy looked around at the after math and saw that none of the guys had gotten back up yet and none of them looked like they planned on doing it anytime soon either. Percy wondered briefly if he should have toned it back more but that was hard to do in the middle of a fight when his instincts just took over. Percy also noticed that everyone was now staring at him, some people in awe but even more of them with fear in their eyes. There was one group of people though whose main expression was curiosity and these were the Cullens and Bella. Of course Bella saw all of that, Percy thought to himself, now I'm going to have to explain things to her or more accurately come up with a cunning lie that can explain things.
It was at this point that Alice had a vision appear to her just as the principal came around the corner and examined the carnage. "Mr. Jackson a word please" the principal called out. He may have said please but his tone clearly indicated it was not a request. "I could teach how to get expelled one-oh-one" Percy muttered under his breath as he walked forward to hear the all too familiar speech. He saw Alice Cullen walking towards the principal at the same time not that it really mattered. "Yes sir" he said with an air of resignation as he reached the principal. "Care to explain what happened here?" the principal asked him. Just as Percy was about to launch into his tale he heard a high sing song voice speak up "Excuse me sir but I saw the whole thing and I can give you an unbiased retelling of the facts." It was Alice Cullen Percy realised with a small amount of shock and then thought to himself, unbiased ya right she will probably skew things so they look even worse to get rid of me. It's not like the Cullens have a high opinion of me or vise-versa so me being out of their way is probably a dream come true. The principal simply nodded at her to continue thinking it was probably a good idea to hear an unbiased opinion, and the Cullens had a reputation as good kids throughout the staff so their opinion was respected more than most. "Well that guy, Derik I think" she started while pointing at the leader of the group Percy had fought "He seemed to be harassing Bella Swan, Mr. Jacksons cousin. Mr. Jackson then went up to them to see if there was a problem and help Bella out. Derik didn't like the interruption so he called his gang over to help him beat Mr. Jackson who then simply defended himself quite effectively too if I may add. So the fault is really with those six over there." Percy was shocked he hadn't expected her to stand up for him and although everything she had said was technically true she had left out the parts where Percy had threatened, and antagonised them before the fight and that during he had used more force than was probably necessary and at times had been the aggressor. This skewed the perception of events but it was in Percy's favour instead of condemning him. The principal was equally surprised to hear a recounting that shifted almost all the blame onto the others but there were six of them compared to one of him but still they were the ones who got injured not the other way around. Nobody around was willing to give a contrary statement and most of the evidence supported the claim so there was really no choice. "Fine Mr. Jackson you are free to go but please be careful from now on and try not to get in any more fights. We will be keeping an eye on you from now on" the principal said before moving on to take care of the six boys who still hadn't gotten up off the ground.
"Umm thank you that was unexpected" Percy said to Alice after he realized he was not going to be expelled after all. "For what? All I did was tell him what happened as I saw it, if you ask me those guys deserved that and what was so unexpected about it?" Alice raised an eyebrow as she finished her reply. "Well I'm fairly sure he was planning on expelling me and I don't think I could have changed his mind on my own" Alice nodded slightly as Percy said this and then he continued "Also depending on how it was told I could have looked a lot guiltier. As for it being unexpected I think we both know there is some tension between your family and I so I figured you would want me gone more than anything." Alice laughed slightly at this and it sounded so happy to Percy that his mood started to pick up a little as well. "Some of us would" she said slowly thinking of course of Rosalie and Jasper "But some of us want to talk to you first and try to work things out. After all we haven't even met you yet besides Edward of course so who knows how we will get along once we truly get to know each other." Percy thought about this for a moment. Just because the Cullens were not human didn't mean they were bad people. Percy had tons of friends who in the eyes of others would be called monsters or freaks. Percy had everything from a satyr best friend, a Cyclops half-brother, a talking Pegasus, and strangest of all a tame and friendly hell hound to name a few. He decided then that the Cullens shouldn't be any different and that they deserved a chance as well. After all Bella was in love with Edward so he couldn't be all bad and Alice seemed friendly enough. "Fair enough" Percy finally replied "When do you all want to meet to talk?" he asked her. "Well Bella was going to bring you by our table at lunch today to meet us but it's not really the place for the discussion we need to have. Perhaps we can talk then and discuss a good meeting time; we would also like our father Carlisle to be there." "Ok Alice I'll see you then but I need to get going or I'm going to be late for class" Percy said while rushing away.
"I'm so sorry Bella I should have been there to help you, I never should have left this morning but I thought you would be riding with Percy to school and then I was late getting there to help you." Edward said rushing to apologise to Bella after the incident was concluded and Percy was allowed to stay in school after Alice helped him. "It's okay Edward I'm fine I thought I would be riding with Percy too but he was late so I just drove myself. That doesn't make it the fault of anyone except the guy harassing me though, defiantly not yours and not Percy's either." Bella said trying to calm Edward down. "Besides Percy stopped him before he could really do anything to me" "Yes and that just makes it worse, I should have been there to help you and to make matters worse when the conflict began I lost sight of my priorities." Edward said still very upset with himself. "What do you mean?" Bella asked confused now. "When the fight was about to begin I was going to step in and help Percy fight them, Percy had to remind me that getting you out of harm's way first was more important. I can't believe I let myself be distracted like that when you are the most important thing in my life." Bella stared at Edward in shock as he finished. "Oh no you are not beating yourself up about this, besides I doubt they would have hurt me after Percy stepped up. If you should be upset with yourself for anything it should be listening to Percy and allowing him to face those six by himself." She said. "Well something about him told me he could take care of himself but I was going to go back and help him but as you saw he didn't need it." Edward tailed off at the end of his statement thinking about the water that appeared to shape itself into a fist and strike one of the guys, almost as if Percy had controlled it. Bella was thinking about the same thing and wondering if she was losing her mind. She knew things were not always as they seemed with vampires and werewolves running around but controlling the elements was a new level of weird. Like the wizards from Harry Potter or something like that.
The first few classes of the day seemed to pass quickly even to Percy who wasn't really paying attention to anything in class. Soon the lunch bell went and Percy and Bella were standing in line getting their food. Bella then lead Percy towards the Cullen table where they were already sitting with their trays waiting for them to arrive. "Everyone this is Percy Jackson, Percy this is Rosalie and Emmet and you have already met Edward and Alice" Bella said while pointing to each one of them in turn. "Wasn't there another one of you guys here? I was sure there were five of you" Percy asked and Bella noticed for the first time that Jasper wasn't around. Everyone looked to Alice to explain "Yes Jasper he had to leave for a while we don't know when or if he will be back" she said looking a little sad as she did so. "Why did he leave?" Percy asked. "Personal reasons" was all he got back in reply.
In truth it was mostly Percy's scent that had caused Jasper to leave. True it wasn't any more tempting than the others just different, sort of like comparing chicken to pork assuming equal preference, however with the power of his scent it felt like he was standing right in front of him. Compare the chicken to the pork again but this time hold one right under your nose and the other at the far end of the room and you will see why this was a problem for Jasper. Jasper was the newest to join the Cullen's way of life and had the most trouble resisting the call of human blood. The only way he was really able to do so was by keeping his distance but with Percy around that didn't help at all, plus it took everything he had to control himself with how close Bella would get so adding another temptation on top of hers was just too much for him to handle. He had decided he would try living with the Cullen's "extended family" in Alaska but he was starting to wonder if he could really handle this way of life for eternity. With how much pain it caused him he wondered if it might almost be better just to go back to being the "traditional vampire" but he wanted to try Alaska first where he could better keep his distance from humans. Alice wasn't happy with this as it meant leaving her because she was happy here with the rest of the Cullens and didn't want to move away. She was also intrigued by the mystery Percy Jackson presented.
Alice's vision earlier had been about Percy getting expelled from school after the fight in the parking lot. Percy had been right to think that he was going to be expelled but when Alice saw it she decided to intervene and help him stick around. It was just so they could keep him close and study him she thought to herself but wondered if there was more to it than that. She still wasn't able to get clear visions of him with any predictability which only further supported the claim that Percy was different. She could see vampires most easily because she was one and she could see humans, with slightly more difficultly, because she had been one but the increased difficultly to see anything concerning Percy likely meant it was because he was something Alice had no experience with. Well she couldn't see anything useful at least, there was the earlier mentioned shower incident and she caught a couple flashes of him running in the mornings and the odd expression here or there that sometimes reflected his mood but nothing worth seeing.
"Alright so I hear you all wanted to talk to me about some things" Percy stated to get the conversation rolling in the right direction. Rosalie growled at this showing that she would defiantly rather not be talking to him and would prefer for him to keep his distance. Percy thought back to his conversation with Alice when she had admitted that some of them would prefer for him to be gone and he concluded that she must have been referring to Rosalie, and possibly Jasper too who was absent from this meeting. "Yes" Edward said "But this probably isn't the greatest place to go into details with possible eaves droppers and all. We can go over the basics of each other's backgrounds and then meet up after school to finish our conversation." Percy agreed and then started eating indicating that they should start. So Edward, with occasional help from Alice, told him a little about each member of the family and how Carlisle and Esme had adopted them all. He of course skipped the time periods of which everything occurred as that would have been a little too much information as well as the exact details leading to the circumstances of each "adoption". For Jasper he simply stated that "He has gone through a lot and sometimes has trouble with his emotions." Percy muttered "I know the feeling" which of course everyone heard with their super hearing and Bella who was sitting right beside him. "I believe it's your turn." Edward stated. Percy fumbled with his thoughts for a while trying to figure out the best way to tell an edited version of his tale. To stall for more time he reached over to Alice's try of untouched food and stole her apple and started to eat it. "Hey that was mine" she said with a slight pout. Percy raised an eyebrow at this looking around at how none of them had touched their food and said "It didn't look like you were going to eat it." The vampires shifted uncomfortably at this as he saw though another of their human pretenses but didn't comment. "Alright" Percy started "This could take a while. It started when I was twelve years old" he told them the story the mortals had come up with about the kidnapping, about his awful step father "Smelly Gabe" and how he was basically sent to a military boot camp. He also glossed over the fact that his father's side of the family had many conflicts and how he had been dragged into many of them where he went through some awful stuff. When he finished his tale he looked up and saw everyone was staring at him in surprise. None of them could believe how much he had gone through and they barely knew the surface of what had happened. They could all tell he was holding back a lot as well and really wanted the full version later. They could also see the amount of pain in Percy's eyes as he retold these events he had been through. Bella looked at him with compassion and placed her hand over his and told him "it's okay, it's going to get better now". Percy gave her a thankful look for her compassion just as the bell rang to signify the end of lunch.
"Stop by the house after dinner and we will continue this discussion in more detail" Edward said to Percy. Percy nodded his head and went to shake Edwards hand as they went to part. Percy noticed how there was no warmth in Edwards hands at all but didn't comment and rushed to his next class. When school finally ended Percy and Bella went home to do homework and get ready to visit the Cullen household and the Cullens went home to wait and fill Carlisle in on what they had learned and get his opinion on things. When they got home Alice told them "Our futures just disappeared I think the wolves are here." Edward looked around and saw Jacob strolling up to him with what looked like four other members of his pack standing back and keeping watch. Edward remembered that he had wanted to compare notes with Jacob about Percy and try to figure out more about what was going on. True they were trying to talk to Percy himself and figure it out but the more information they had going in could only be beneficial. He could tell from Jacobs's thoughts that he was here for the same reason as he and his pack believed Percy to be dangerous. "Relax they are just here to discuss Percy. We can take Jacob inside to talk to Carlisle" Edward said noticing that Emmet was getting ready for a fight and then smirked at the disappointed look on Emmet's face.
"Hello Jacob can we please talk inside I want to fill Carlisle in about everything too as he may know more about what we are dealing with" Edward said to him as Jacob got closer. Jacob just nodded unsurprised that Edward knew why he was here but irritated with it all the same. "Hello Jacob, Edward. I believe you have something you wish to discuss?" Carlisle asked as they walked into the living room for he had heard the exchange outside. "Yes it's about Bella's cousin Percy Jackson, I believe he is very dangerous." Jacob answered. Carlisle motioned that they should continue so Jacob started with his encounter with Percy in the woods. He said the scent was more powerful than anything he had come across which was no surprise to the Cullens because it was the same for them. He also talked about the hellhound attack which was bigger than he was and how Percy had dealt with it easily with his pen sword and immense strength. Then came the part about the monster vanishing when defeated and how Percy had healed himself with water. Before Carlisle could ask any questions Edward started speaking as well, wanting all the information out there before Carlisle started guessing. Edward spoke of the first encounter with Percy and the sense of danger he had got from him right away and how Percy seemed to know something was off which was later confirmed by Jasper before he left. Then came the observations about how Percy's heart and breath rate didn't change even during hours of labour followed by the fight at school where Percy had easily taken on six guys by himself and had seemingly summoned a water fist during combat which none of the other humans seemed to see despite watching the fight closely. He also recapped the tale Percy had told them during lunch and how they sensed it was highly edited despite the shocking information contained as is.
When they were done Carlisle just sat there for a while looking overwhelmed by the amount of information he had just received. "Please give me some time to make some calls and do some research" he said to the waiting group. He had a theory but it seemed so farfetched even to him that he needed to try to gather some evidence to support it. The group waited for a couple of hours before Carlisle came back downstairs to share his thoughts. "I made some calls to the Volturi to see if any of them knew anything of use. They have a lot of experience and have seen almost everything but even they didn't know for sure. They did however have some information about the weapon you described though so the call had some use. Apparently one of the members of the guard had an encounter with someone who used a similar looking weapon. The person wielding it called it celestial bronze and it was even able to cut through the vampire it was used against. Supposedly the warrior was surprised when the vampire didn't dissolve like what Jacob described the hound doing which leads me to believe that we are a different form of creature than what the warriors who use these weapons are used to fighting." There was a collective expression of shock as Carlisle described a sword that could cut vampires apart. "That shouldn't be possible" Edward managed to gasp out which drew a laugh from Carlisle "Neither should any of the things you just described to me be and yet so they are. My research lead me across many myths and legends but none of them fit except for one but it challenges my entire belief system. There have been stories of unexplained events going on amongst the humans which seem to correlate with the impossible ones some vampires have been spreading such as armies clashing in the Manhattan for example but none of the humans seem to really know what is going on sort of what like you described today Edward and some of these events also coincide with what Percy has told you. With all of this taken into account the only thing that fits, and I know how ridiculous this sounds, is that Percy Jackson is a demigod….. Specifically of a water god of some kind possibly Poseidon….." There was silence for a while when he finished and then Emmet's booming laughter filled the house. "HAHAHAHA YA RIGHT!" then a little quieter so as not to shatter glass he continued "Those are just myths and I know we are supposed to be as well but not all myths are true. Seriously Gods and Demigods there is no way." "I said it was the only thing that fit not that it was likely. The more probable answer is that you are all just imagining things but if not it is as good of an explanation as any." Carlisle said in answer "Well it's a theory at least and we can ask Percy himself when he shows up here, he should be here soon" Edward said which caused Jacob to twitch nervously "Wait Percy is coming over now?!" Jacob asked with a slight amount of panic. "Yes why is that a problem" "Because I left my pack outside and they are not expecting him to be here and with how dangerous they believe he is they might attack him" Jacob replied "Well shit" Edward said suddenly reacting both to what Jacob had just said and what he heard coming from outside.
When Percy went home he was only partly paying attention to his homework as he was mentally going through the lists of traits of monsters that Anabeth had been so fond of testing him on. Percy would always complain about it at the time but now he was glad for it as he tried to figure out what the Cullens were. The closest description of them would be a form of vampire he thought to himself but didn't put too much into it as he decided he would just ask them flat out when he met them later that night. After Percy and Bella had eaten they told Charlie they were going out. These days Charlie didn't normally let Bella go out at night as he figured she would go to Edward but with Percy there he figured they would be doing something else so he was fine with that. "Ok have a good night kids." He said turning back to the game he was watching on T.V. "I'll drive" Percy said quickly sliding into his car but Bella didn't follow him in. She just stood outside looking at him with a small smile and shook her head "Nope I'm driving this time for two reasons. First you're driving is terrifying and second you don't know where we are going". "My driving is not terrifying and you can just give me directions" Percy replied looking at her old rusty truck with a worried expression. "Besides your truck might leave us stranded and I don't want to miss this meet up" "My truck is fine and if you don't let me drive I'm not taking you there at all and you will definitely miss it" Bella said with a smile knowing she would win this argument. "Fine" he said unhappily and they drove off to the Cullen's house.
Sam, Paul, Quill and Embry were still waiting for Jacob, wondering what was taking so long, when they heard Bella's truck pull up and went over to greet her. They froze when they saw Percy step out and walk beside Bella towards the Cullen house. "Hey what are you doing here? What do you want with Bella?" Paul asked already angry. Percy was not impressed by Paul's attitude and his personality was not one to fold under anger as history had shown with his interactions with the gods. If Percy didn't fold to the gods and would antagonise them to the point of almost being vaporised you had to know he wasn't going to treat Paul any better. "Oh we were just going for a drive and got lost so we figured we'd get out and wander around aimlessly until some guy with an attitude problem would show up and get in our way." He replied clearly trying to get under Paul's skin which was easily done. "Answer me" Paul screamed back shaking violently now. "Jeez calm down man no need to be such a spazz" Percy said. "Calm down Paul" Sam said but it was too late Paul exploded into a giant wolf and lunged at Percy. "No" screamed Bella worried that Percy would be injured or killed but there was no need to be worried on Percy's behalf.
Percy quickly rolled to the side uncapping riptide and giving Paul a quick slash along his flank. The cut wasn't deep, more of a scratch than anything, but seeing Paul injured caused the others to transform into wolves as well and start circling Percy looking for an opening to take him down and neutralise the threat. Percy meanwhile was analysing the situation, ok so they are werewolves but they seem different from those he had faced earlier so perhaps shape shifters who had chosen the form of a wolf was more accurate. He also viewed the four of them circling him and decided this was not a good situation. I'm sure I could take one or two of them easily enough but four could be a challenge so he started focusing on all the water around him which was a lot because of the constant rain. Jacob and Edward were running from the house trying to stop the conflict before someone got hurt but they both stopped when they saw what was happening. Percy was standing in the middle of a personal hurricane seemingly unaffected while the wolves couldn't get close to him at all due to the force of the storm. Bella who was standing by her truck was stunned as well; none of them had ever seen anything like this. Jacob quickly phased and tried to calm all the wolves down through their mental pack link telling them to back off. Once they had all retreated to a safe distance Percy slowed and eventually dissipated the hurricane around him and waited for someone else to speak. "Well Carlisle maybe your theory wasn't so far off after all" Emmet said quietly after what he had just seen. Edward spoke up then "Come inside Percy we have much to discuss." He said.
Everyone gathered in the living room except for all the wolves besides Jacob who had changed into some of Emmet's cloths after his had been shredded. Once they were all there Percy started talking "So you guys are shape shifters" he said looking at Jacob "And you are vampires correct?" he asked the Cullens. Jacob spoke up first "Well werewolves actually but close enough" "No I've met real werewolves and you guys are defiantly different." Percy replied which drew a surprised expression upon Jacobs face. "Percy is right" Carlisle added on "The Volturi have dealt with werewolves before and their descriptions of them do not match you pack but this is not why we are here and to answer your question yes we are vampires". "We are more curious as to what you are, the best theory we have to explain you is a demigod but we would like to hear your story from you. The unedited version this time." Edward said. Bella gasped a little at the thought of her cousin being a demigod but she had to admit that after what she had seen it made sense. Percy was silent for a long time thinking about how to tell this story. Bella gave him a little smile reassuring him that he could go ahead and talk and she would be fine with whatever she heard. "Your right my father is Poseidon" he started and then rushed to tell his tale. He spoke of first learning about being a demigod and going to camp half blood and his first fight with the Minotaur. He talked about all the quests he had gone on and the monsters and gods he had to fight. He spoke of the war against the titans and how he turned down the offer to become a god. Next came the time he was kidnapped by Hera and had his memories wiped and joining the roman army. He talked about the giant war and everything he had been through during it including his trip though the worst part of the underworld. He finished with an explanation of the events that lead to him moving here to forks such as his break up with his girlfriend Anabeth and the separation between all his friends and general depression. When he finished he felt extremely vulnerable, he hadn't opened up to anyone like this since the giant war ended and he wasn't sure what the reaction following it would be.
Bella couldn't believe what she heard from him, well honestly nobody there could, Percy had been through so much in such a small time starting when he was twelve she doubted any of the Cullens who had lived for so much longer had even go through as much as he had including Jasper. He looked so vulnerable right now but once again she wasn't sure how to help him. She just walked up to him and gave him a hug and said "I'm sorry you have had to do all of that it must have been so hard. I'm glad you finally told us what is going on with you and if there is anything I can do to help you please let me know" Percy looked at her for a while and a small smile formed in the corner of his mouth and told her "Just keep being yourself and keep being my awesome cousin". "Thank you for being so open with us Percy we know that couldn't have been easy and we won't betray your trust. We can see you care deeply about Bella and all your friends and we hope we can be counted amongst them. In an effort to do that we will start to repay your openness with our own and tell you our full stories." Carlisle said this to Percy and everyone else nodded showing they agreed with him. They each told him about their lives before being changed and how they had all met. They also talked about how they didn't feed on humans and only used the blood of animals. They discussed the various gifts they all had from Edward's mind reading, and how it didn't work on Bella or Percy, Alice and her visions of the future, and Jaspers ability to read and control emotions. They even told him of Jaspers past and why he couldn't be here because of Percy's scent.
"I'm sorry Jasper isn't here it sounds like we could have swapped some stories" Percy said referring to their shared past fighting in various wars. "I'm also sorry that I'm the reason he had to leave" "Don't be it's not your fault plus I've seen him and he's having a great time with Tanya and the others in Alaska." Alice said this with just a hint of pain in her voice as she mentioned Tanya. Percy filed that information away for later and continued "As for becoming friends that sounds great to me. You all seem like good people and I'm not one to judge based on what someone is I judge based on how they act and from what I've seen and heard you all are better than most people I have met." "Thank you that means a lot to us" both Carlisle and Esme said and Percy just nodded. "Well this has been a very interesting night" Bella said while yawning. It was then that everyone realised it was past midnight and that Charlie would likely be worrying by now. "We should probably go now" Percy said "But I'm very glad to meet you all and that we had this talk" "So are we, we will see you two tomorrow" Alice said as they started to walk towards Bella's truck.
When Percy and Bella got home they realised that Charlie had fallen asleep on the couch while watching T.V. and likely didn't realise they had been gone so long which was a lucky break. "He's been working a lot because of those Seattle disappearances which have been getting worse lately" Bella said. "Humm I wonder if I should go down there and try to figure out what is going on and fix it" Percy mused out loud. "no I don't want you to go it could be dangerous, the Cullens are trying to figure out what is going on so maybe when they do you can all take care of it together." Bella said not liking that idea either but wanting to say something to stop Percy from going there on his own. "Alright cow bells I'll wait, see you tomorrow" he said and then going to bed to contemplate everything that happened.
AN: So just a heads up it might take me a couple days to next update. I have managed to get a chapter up daily so far but I might not be able to do so this time. Don't worry though I absolutely plan on continuing the story and updating soon.
